Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-2500K

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 133.55

$ 3097.45 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

6% slightly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

4281 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3537 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2748 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i5-2500K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700HQ performs better than the Core i5-2500K. Despite this, the Core i5-2500K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.